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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

DEVOTCHKA ANNOUNCE SPRING MAD AND FAITHFUL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

FULL SLATE AT SXSW
EUROPEAN SHOWS SELLING OUT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DeVotchKa have announced their largest American tour to date. Beginning at Coachella on April 26, the tour includes stops at San Francisco's Fillmore, The Vic in Chicago, and New York's Terminal 5. The group will be joined by a string quartet for the tour and the Cirque de Soleil style aerial acrobats-The Slavic Sisters -on certain dates. Basia Bulat will support the tour.

A Mad and Faithful Tour is in support of DeVotchka's A Mad and Faithful Telling set for release by Anti- on March 18. In a four-star review Spin calls the record "Cheerful, eclectic lunacy with a heart as big as the world."

DeVotchKa will make a number of appearances at Austin's SXSW in March. The group will be joined by the Tosca Strings and kick off KEXP's live broadcast from the event in addition to performances for Anti-, Billions, Filter Magazine, Minneapolis' KCMP, and Austin's KUT radio stations.

The group will return to Denver for an in-store at Denver's Twist and Shout on March 18 before heading to Europe for a three and a half week tour in April. More than a month and a half in advance Brussel's AB performance is sold out.